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[Warwian]

w0mbat posted this ASUS-slide in the "Preliminary Bulldozer and Llano Pricing Revealed"-thread (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...0&postcount=32) which I thought was interesting.



Now as I said in that thread (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...6&postcount=37) I tried to figure out the frequencies that he had censored.

And as no one in that thread seemed interested I thought I'd try to post it here. Anyone have any idea what the slide says?
When I zoomed in and studied the pixels it looks like the FX-8110 has a stock frequency of 3.6 GHz and a maximum frequency of 4.0 GHz through AMD's Turbo CORE. The FX-8130P is harder to make out but it looks to have a stock frequency of 3.8 GHz and a maximum frequency of 4.2 GHz through AMD's Turbo CORE.

Anyone have any other ideas? Or is this old news? I haven't seen the slide anywhere else and I thought it'd be interesting to try and figure out the actual frequencies.

[undone]

w0mbat posted this ASUS-slide in the "Preliminary Bulldozer and Llano Pricing Revealed"-thread (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...0&postcount=32) which I thought was interesting.



Now as I said in that thread (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...6&postcount=37) I tried to figure out the frequencies that he had censored.

And as no one in that thread seemed interested I thought I'd try to post it here. Anyone have any idea what the slide says?
When I zoomed in and studied the pixels it looks like the FX-8110 has a stock frequency of 3.6 GHz and a maximum frequency of 4.0 GHz through AMD's Turbo CORE. The FX-8130P is harder to make out but it looks to have a stock frequency of 3.8 GHz and a maximum frequency of 4.2 GHz through AMD's Turbo CORE.

Anyone have any other ideas? Or is this old news? I haven't seen the slide anywhere else and I thought it'd be interesting to try and figure out the actual frequencies.

Good analysing. If it's true it will be a good sign for amd. Even if the Zambezi single core abillity can only reach Westmere, the higher frequency will be more than enough to fill the gap. 95w with 8 core @3.6-4.0ghz is awesome.

[Warwian]

Good analysing. If it's true it will be a good sign for amd. Even if the Zambezi single core abillity can only reach Westmere, the higher frequency will be more than enough to fill the gap. 95w with 8 core @3.6-4.0ghz is awesome.

Such high frequencies would indeed be very promising for Bulldozer performance if true. Though I am bit worried that the high frequencies will end being Bulldozer's only defense against higher IPC efficiency of SB.
What I'm saying is that I'm hoping Bulldozer is able to compete with SB in terms of IPC efficiency aswell and not just by having a very high frequency. But I have a feeling it might end up that way. But as always we'll have to wait and see.

Selling CPUs with a potential frequency of above 4GHz should be great from a marketing point of view though. 4GHz is after all something rather magically to be able to pass, especially from a processor in stock configuration.

[perkam]

Good analysing. If it's true it will be a good sign for amd. Even if the Zambezi single core abillity can only reach Westmere, the higher frequency will be more than enough to fill the gap. 95w with 8 core @3.6-4.0ghz is awesome.

The clock rates for the 8 core BD are not that high, in part because you can't achieve Turbo Core 2.0 levels, as posted here:



...without setting the stock speeds to a more conservative level. The above is a good representation of what the FX-8130P will be able to achieve in terms of Turbo Core.

[undone]

The clock rates for the 8 core BD are not that high, in part because you can't achieve Turbo Core 2.0 levels, as posted here:



...without setting the stock speeds to a more conservative level. The above is a good representation of what the FX-8130P will be able to achieve in terms of Turbo Core.

Sorry i can't understand what does this diagram stand for. Does turbo core affect the stock frequency? Maybe anybody tell us about the actual stock frequency & turbo core frequency would clear all doubt.

[mAJORD]

w0mbat posted this ASUS-slide in the "Preliminary Bulldozer and Llano Pricing Revealed"-thread (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...0&postcount=32) which I thought was interesting.



Now as I said in that thread (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...6&postcount=37) I tried to figure out the frequencies that he had censored.

And as no one in that thread seemed interested I thought I'd try to post it here. Anyone have any idea what the slide says?
When I zoomed in and studied the pixels it looks like the FX-8110 has a stock frequency of 3.6 GHz and a maximum frequency of 4.0 GHz through AMD's Turbo CORE. The FX-8130P is harder to make out but it looks to have a stock frequency of 3.8 GHz and a maximum frequency of 4.2 GHz through AMD's Turbo CORE.

Anyone have any other ideas? Or is this old news? I haven't seen the slide anywhere else and I thought it'd be interesting to try and figure out the actual frequencies.

I've had a close look too.. I think the Top bin is 3.2Ghz



I pulled a 2 over from another part of the image. If you look at the areas i've circled, they match, and line up (also lines up on the x axis though I didn't show it)